No tell-tale green colour in the wood, unlikely it's black locust.
We don't really see a green color in ours here, did you see the video I posted.
I think black locust is better but
@chipper1 would be the guy to ask. He has a PhD in locust.
I've always thought the honey locust had a higher BTU. Just never thought it was worth the extra work as far as splitting it and that it was more difficult to stack because of the way it splits. I also have a lot of black locust that's easily available so that helps too.
It depends on which chart you look at, but it's right up there. Definitely not as rot resistant as black locust. Note is shown here above red oak, sugar maple, and white oak that all the wood snobs revere. And you know who you are.
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@chipper1 would probably have to taste test it to say for sure if it's near black locust.
I still give BL a solid
, but if that's not available then the honey locust is a close
for BTU's, but for splitting and stacking it gets a
, and I'd choose other hardwoods to burn if it was similar in difficulty to get home.
Yeah, guys will argue that their favorite wood is a point or two better than some other wood on any given chart, but it gives a general idea where they rank.
That's ain't no joke, it's much like starting a, which saw is better, or what brand oil should I run lol.
They all seem to have things that would make them "better" in certain aspects, and poor in others.
Black Locust works well for me
.